Subject: Re: Cursed
From: KLEPPE@execpc.com (Gary Kleppe)
Date: 1/11/1997, 3:28 PM
To: Fanfic Mailing List

On Sat, 11 Jan 1997 13:14:35 -0600, Richard Lawson
<sterman@sprynet.com> wrote:


I wanted to drag this out some more.  As it is, Ranma's final conversion
happens in less than a day.  I just can't come up with an idea for a
larger story to fit this into.  If you have any ideas, let me know.

Two words: Upperclassman Kuno. (The singular exception to "everyone at
school knows about me anyway." )

I was just involved with an E-mail discussion with someone over the
episode of Nettouhen that this story ultimately comes from. We both
thought it unfortunate that Kuno didn't show up in that episode. Think
he would be the kind of guy Ranma's cursed personality would be
attracted to?

And if you want to go for a little comedy on the side, Kuno can be
interacting with Ranma during the time when his personality is
wavering. That would result in the Pig-tailed Girl being sweet to
Tatewaki one moment and kicking him around the next.

I liked the story. I was especially glad that you didn't have
everything working out fine in the end. That would have been the
standard thing to do, but the unhappy ending works much better for
this story IMHO.

The beginning was a bit familiar, though... ^_^

Gary (asking the question: if Genma took the mind of a panda, would
anyone be able to tell the difference?)

Gary Kleppe
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